Famous or Infamous
2025 Archive
- The Count of Saint Germain — the immortal alchemist?
- Aleister Crowley — the wickedest man in the world?
- Joan of Arc — the saint who burned
- Rasputin — the mad monk of Russia?
- Hypatia of Alexandria — the philosopher martyred by zealotry
- Helena Blavatsky — mother of Theosophy, mystic or con?
- Gilles de Rais — Joan’s comrade turned infamous killer
- John Dee — occultist and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I
- Merlin — legendary wizard of Arthur’s court
- Paracelsus — physician, alchemist, rebel healer
- Baba Vanga — the blind Bulgarian prophetess
- Count Alessandro di Cagliostro — charlatan or magus of the 1700s?
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa — author of Three Books of Occult Philosophy
- The Cathar Mystics — heretics or keepers of secret wisdom?
- Madame de Montespan — mistress and witchcraft scandals at court
- Pythagoras — mathematician, mystic, cult leader?
- Hecate — goddess of witches, feared and revered
- Simon Magus — sorcerer who challenged the apostles
- Emanuel Swedenborg — scientist turned visionary mystic
- Elizabeth Báthory — the Blood Countess
- Apollonius of Tyana — saintly sage or pagan sorcerer?
- Giordano Bruno — burned for cosmic heresy
- Sibyl Oracles — prophetesses of ancient Rome and Greece
- Crow Mother Kachina — feared and holy spirit of the Hopi
- Gilles Garnier — the werewolf of Dole
- Marie Laveau — the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
- The Salem Witches — famous names from the trials
- Vlad the Impaler — Dracula’s bloody inspiration
- Hypnos and Morpheus — gods of sleep, dreams, and feared powers
- Eliphas Lévi — the occultist who reinvented Baphomet
- Catherine de’ Medici — queen, poisoner, and occult dabbler
- Hermes Trismegistus — mythic sage and founder of alchemy
- Jeanne des Anges — the possessed nun of Loudun
- Nostradamus — prophet of doom or master of words?
- Doctor Faustus — the scholar who bargained with the devil
- Mother Shipton — England’s prophetess of fire, flood, and fate
- The Borgias — a papal dynasty of power, poison, and politics
- John Dee and Edward Kelley — angel magic and the Enochian vision
- Erzsébet Nádasdy — associated with Báthory
- Jack Parsons — rocket scientist and occultist
- Witches of Scotland — the North Berwick trials
- Cain — biblical murderer, archetype of infamy
- The Inquisition — infamous enforcers of faith
- Origen — heretic or Church Father?
- Lady Hester Stanhope — desert prophetess and eccentric mystic
- Apuleius — author of The Golden Ass, magician on trial
- The Fox Sisters — spiritualist mediums, frauds or visionaries?
- Black Elk — Native visionary
- Socrates — philosopher condemned as corrupter
- Simon Peter — apostle, saint, and flawed man
- Krampus — infamous Christmas demon
- Santa Claus / Saint Nicholas — the man, the myth, and the magic
- The Witch of Endor — biblical necromancer
2026 Posts
- Hildegard of Bingen: Visionary Nun & Composer
- Cain and Abel: First Fracture of Brotherhood & Moral Choice
- Lilith: Demoness or Goddess of Freedom?
- The Green Man: Pagan Spirit? Famous, Infamous, Eternal?
- Judas Iscariot: Traitor or Necessary Catalyst?
- Pontius Pilate: Coward, Judge, or Political Pawn?
- Cleopatra: Seductress Myth or Strategic Genius?
- Niccolò Machiavelli: Teacher of Evil or Realist of Power?
- Michael Servetus: Heretic, Scientist, or Martyr?
- Girolamo Savonarola: Prophet or Fanatic?
- St Patrick: Slave, Missionary, and Symbol of Ireland?
- Roger Bacon: Occultist Monk or Father of Experimental Science?
- Mary Magdalene: Saint, Sinner, or Suppressed Disciple?
- Persephone: Queen of the Underworld or Goddess of Spring?
- Odin: Wise Father or Dangerous Seeker of Knowledge?
- Saint Francis of Assisi: Devout Saint or Radical Mystic?
- Gaia: Living Earth or Forgotten Goddess?
- The Green Woman: Fertility Spirit, Goddess, or Forgotten Power?
- Jakob Böhme: Shoemaker, Mystic, or Visionary of God?
- Anne Hutchinson: Heretic or Prophet of Conscience?
- John Calvin: Architect of Faith or Tyrant of Doctrine?
- Giuseppe Garibaldi: Freedom Fighter or Political Opportunist?
- Voltaire: Champion of Reason or Arrogant Elitist?
- Baruch Spinoza: Excommunicated Thinker or Father of Modern Ethics?
- Thomas Paine: Voice of Liberty or Dangerous Radical?
- Søren Kierkegaard: Faithful Believer or Existential Rebel?
- Julius Caesar: Tyrant or Visionary Leader?
- Augustus: Restorer of Peace or Master of Control?
- Napoleon Bonaparte: Military Genius or Delusional Despot?
- Queen Victoria: Stabilizing Symbol or Imperial Figure Head?
- Genghis Khan: Brutal Conquerer or Unifier of Nations?
- Special: Robin Hood: Thief or Folk Hero?
- Edgar Cayce: Sleeping Prophet or Mystic Dreamer?
- Rumi: Poet of God or Mystic for All Humanity?
- Special: Astrology - Science, Superstition, or a Language of Symbols?
- Marsilio Ficino: Physician of the Soul or Interpreter of the Stars?
- Meister Eckhart: Heretic or Enlightened Preacher?
- Teresa of Ávila: Saint, Mystic, or Rebel of the Church?
- Sep 23 Marilyn Monroe: Manufactured Bombshell or Brilliant Businesswoman?
- Sep 30 To Be Announced